It’s been a long couple weeks. We’re on the road again and it feels like we’re ‘finally’ going home. We spent this last while in Abbotsford and Vancouver primarily. I’m afraid that even though we missed the snow that came down in Calgary (28cms), we did leave some snow there before we left. Actually it was a really funny thing. Karina and I were invited by our hosts to go and see the view from the top of Burnaby Mountain. We got to the top and everything was covered in snow… it was snowing and you couldn’t see any of the amazing view they kept mentioning. It ended up going something like, “Right in front of you there is Vancouver Island, most of the Burnaby area… the river over there… and you can usually see for miles. Um… Yes… Usually!” It was a great tour. Karina and I thought we’d enjoy the trip up the mountain by rolling down the big hill there a few times. Me in my flipflops rolling down a snowy hill. It was quite the sight I’m sure.
I really enjoyed our time here ministry wise. We spent a good deal of time with Union Gospel Mission. At UGM we worked at sorting clothes, simple maintenance, doing programs as well as praying and visiting with people. It was a really cool experience. I’ve never been down to the Vancouver area here…
1) Daffodils everywhere (the yellow ones)
2) Some areas of road have traffic seemingly on the ‘different’ side of the road due to the parallel roads
3) More roundabouts than many of the Canadian cities I’ve visited
4) Only place I’ve had Potato and Leek soup
5) UK and BC are the only place we’ve hooked up our sound system and had radio start coming through the speaker system…
6) The abundance of Tetley’s tea and the number of tea drinkers
7) We stayed with Rhys’ Grandparents… who are in fact Welsh… that just made it all the more Welsh
8) Being tired all the time
9) The climate… Green and Oceany… O.o
10) Welsh cakes (they’re basically tea biscuits)
11) The Fraser river and the bridge reminded me of the Rhine River that separates England and Wales
12) The one time we put on the Weather channel there was a British lady doing the news
13) The massive amount of religions and immigrants
British…Columbia… trippy.
Anyways, it was really great to see God working wherever we looked. At UGM we were there to see a lady who has been bitter and angry for a very long time come to Christ! The most amazing work that happened though was on our very own team. The short of it was that one of our team members was frustrated with a lot of little things and let it build up until they were so bitter they were ready to leave the team. This person even said they were going to leave. But God started working, and in the midst of our brokenness Jesus began to heal our team. We are again united strong and excited to still be doing His work. Pray that God continues to unite us.
We are now headed back to the training centre for a couple weeks before we head down to Nebraska. That’ll hopefully give us some time to brush up on our Spanish songs. In any case, thank you to all who have been praying for us. We’ve needed them more than you know. Especially since the end of the year is now coming into sight (though it’s still a ways off) and the stresses of deciding our futures are beginning to mount.
***April 19thish***
** As an update, I am now at the training centre with a bunch of mission reps and bible school reps. We're having a good time hearing stories and praying and whatnot. Please pray for Karina and myself as we are trying to stay focused, refresh ourselves spiritually and physically while at the same time asking God for where He will lead us in this next while. Please pray for our direction and for us to wait for His leading.
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